Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

HITCHIN COW COMMONERS TRUST

benefit of the community through the provision of facilities for the charitable use for cricket, football or other sports or for other general charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the town of Hitchin.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£16£1£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£11£1£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19?*£11£1£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£8£1£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£9£6£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/09/15£9£2£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

http://www.thehcct.org.uk/

info@thehcct.org.uk

01462435332

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN PETER DOGGETT Appointed: 2014
  • DANIEL JOHN MASSIE Appointed: 2024
  • DR PETER JOHN CRANFIELD PHD BDS Appointed: 2014
  • IAN ALBERT Appointed: 2019
  • MR TOM WILLIAMS Appointed: 2014
  • MRS MAGGIE DYER Appointed: 2014
  • WAYNE JONATHAN MITCHELL Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2014, number: 1158395
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 256 days late,
Main office

43 London Road
Hitchin
SG4 9EW

Objectives

(1)THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE CHARITABLE USE FOR CRICKET, FOOTBALL OR OTHER SPORTS OR FOR OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF HITCHIN.(2)SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 5(6) OF THIS SCHEME THE LAND HELD BY THE CHARITY IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME IS TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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